Patent 7625498 was granted and assigned to Chung Yuan Christian University on December, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides liquid crystal composites including a liquid crystal with a layered inorganic material and a photosensitive polymer dispersed therein. The layered inorganic layer reduces threshold voltage and enhances grating diffraction efficiency of the liquid crystal. The invention also provides a liquid crystal with a layered inorganic material dispersed in the liquid crystal, and a modified layered material MgAl—K2 LDH.